The Brantley enterprise. (Nahunta, Brantley County, Ga.) 1927-2014, July 21, 1955, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextBrantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, July 21, 1955 FREE INSTALLATION OF GENERAL ELECTRIC RANGES WE WILL INSTALL FREE ANY RANGE ON OKEFENOKE REA DUR ING THE MONTHS OF JULY AND AUGUST. 1955. IF YOUR HOUSE IS ALREADY WIRED FOR AN ELECTRIC RANGE. WE WILL CREDIT YOU $25 ON A NEW GENERAL ELECTRIC RANGE. AMAZINGLY EASY TERMS! ON THE REA PLAN YOU PAY ONLY 10 PERCENT DOWN AND HAVE UP TO 60 MONTHS TO PAY THE BALANCE. MOODY BROS. FURNITURE CO. Phone 2-2185 Nahunta, Ga. REPORT ON 15 YEARS OF WORK A 15-year report of work at the Southern Piedmont Conservation Experiment Station is being made by B. H. Hendrickson, Station su perintendent since 1937. While he is writing the report John R. Carreker, agricultural engineer at the Station since 1938, has been named superintendent. 1 I EVERVONt/ / gw© ABOUT THE (MEW FORD -so- BUY NOW DURING OUR 39th Anniversary Sell-A-Bration SEE M. L JACOBS King Bros. SOUTH GEORGIA’S OLDEST DEALER Waycross, Georgia Make Inquiries When in Doubt on Social Security A shipyard worker, Kenneth Matteson, died in October, 1944, leaving a widow, Jeanette, and two minor children, one 14 and the other 16. He had been work ing for the 17 months before his death and had six quarters of coverage. Jeanette and the chil dren received social security sur vivor payments because he was currently incured — that is, he had been working in six quarters of the twelve before the month he died. When Jeanette called at the social security district office in 1948 to report that John, the youngest in he family, was then 18, she was told the benefits when she became 65, she was told Kenneth needed 15 quarters to be fully insured but had had only six and that no widow’s benefits could be paid. Last September, Jeanette read in her local paper that the social security law had been changed so that anyone who died after June, 1940, and before Septem ber, 1950, with at least six quar ters would be considered fully insured. She called at the social security office to inquire wheth er this would affect her and was told that it would. When she reached age 65 in January, 1955, she went back to file her appli cation for widow’s benefits — in her case $35.70 per month. This recent change in the law allows payments in many cases to minor children, dependent par ents, or widows who may not have been eligible before. If you believe it may affect you, call at or write to your nearest social security office; your local post master knows where it is located. Mrs. Matteson believed she would never get monthly widow’s pay ments but inquired at a social security office to make certain. If she had not, she would not be receiving the monthly check she now gets. OLD NEWSPAPERS FOR SALE Old newspapers for sale, 10 cents for a big bundle. Good for a lot of uses around the house or for wrapping fish and other wet goods. Get them at the office of The Brantley Enterprise. CLASSIFIED ADS HOUSE FOR RENT Four-room house for rent near Nahunta. Two bedrooms. Electric lights and wired for electric range. S2O a month. See Mrs. B. C. Dixon, Nahunta, Ga. 7-14 Is that $50.00 salary keeping your nose to the Grinding Stone? Would you like to increase that to SIOO.OO weekly and more? Why not investigate a Watkins Deal ership? National Advertising has increased the sale of Watkins Products so much that we are now opening up many new lo calities. In fact, a dealership is now available in Brantley coun ty. Why not inquire of The J. R. Watkins Company, 659 West Peachtree St., N. E., Atlanta. Electric Sewing Machine for Sale A Domestic Electric sewing machine for sale. It is a blonde cabinet model with all attach ments. In good condition. Call or see Mrs. Wilder Brooker, Nahun ta, Ga. MALE HELP WANTED We are accepting applications for part-time representatives to do credit reporting in Nahunta and vicinity on a fee basis. Re ply by mail, stating age, back ground, business or employment record and present activities. Car essential. Retired or semi-retired person also considered. Reporting Manager, Dun and Brandstreet, Inc., P. O. Box 2206, West Bay St., Jacksonville, Fla. PRECISION RADIO SERVICE Phone 269 11 9 Albany Ave. Waycross, Georgia Radios and Television Sets Repaired and Installed “You Know We Know Radio” BEETLE KILLS TREES IN SOUTH GEORGIA County agent George A. Loyd this week described the Ips beetle as a tiny, blackish, hard-shelled insect only about one-eighth to one-fourth inch long. But, he added, the damage Mr. Ips does is all out of proportion to his size. Ips is the name of the beetle that has been killing pine trees during the past two years. The county agent said the infes tation reached the epidemic stage in some places. South Georgia is one of the areas where the outbreak is se vere. A survey in that section early this year showed that 48,- 000,000 board feet or 67,000 cords of standing timber had been.kill ed by insects. “This does not in clude the large volume of timber killed and salvaged since June, 1954, when the killing was first noticed,” the county agent stated. Describing how the beetle works, Loyd said hundreds of them attack a tree at the same time. Sometimes they start in the crown, sometimes in the trunk, sometimes from bottom to top. The county agent explained that the beetle bqres through the bark. “W hen it reaches the wood,” he continued, “it bores tunnels between the bark and the wood, up and down the tree. As it bores, it lays eggs about one-sixteenth inch apart along each side of the tunnel. These eggs hatch into cream-colored worms which bore their own tunnels—out from the beetle’s tunnel. After a few weeks, these worms stop feeding, rest for a while, then turn into beetles themselves. They leave that tree to look for others to start the cy cle again.” A cycle takes only about six weeks, and there may be four to six of them during the year. “If things are right for the beetle,” Loyd explained, “every tree at tacked and killed breeds up en ough beetles to attack at least five more trees.” The couny agent said the most important thing in dealing with Ips is to get rid of the timber in which the beetle is breeding or may breed. He added that his of fice can supply a list of steps to follow in combating the insect, and invited landowners to come by to pick up a set of the recom mendations. Glazed chintz should be press ed on the right side to emphasize the shine. Dark cottons should be pressed on the wrong side to prevent shine. Blackshear's Mayor Brooker Welcomes Growers to Market Progress Marks First 6 Months Os Administration A cordial welcome to Black shear during the 1955 tobacco auction season is extended to tobacco growers, warehousemen and buyers by Blackshear’s May or H. M. Brooker. Progress and city improve ments have marked the first six months of city administration un der the leadership of Mayor Brooker and the civic-minded men serving on the City Council. Mayor Brooker, a native of Na hunta, had four year of experi ence in city government before being elected to serve as mayor for the 1955 term of office. He served on the City Council with streets and lanes department and cemetery Department Committee assignments. During his administration the City of Blackshear has purchased a new fire truck at the cost of $8,395.00, including the fire fight ing apparatus, greatly adding fire protection to Blackshear citizens. An additional sign of progress was the installation of a new $4,275 standby water pump which will assure Blackshear of an ade quate water supply at all times, even if there should be trouble with the older pump. The new pump will also be used to pump water to the new swimming pool. Mayor Brooker said that reno vation of the City apartments was one of the projects expected to be completed next. He served from 1927 to 1936 in the First Calvary of the U. S. Army and was married to Miss Rhoda Barnard of Jesup in 1931. They have two children, Mrs. Anne Brooker O’Brien, and Bob bie, age six. Mr. Brooker is own er and operator of Brooker’s Ga rage. Active in all civic and fratern al interests, the 44-year-old may or is a member of the Blackshear Lowest priced V-8 trucks ♦ke only deal«" who Y truck, ^er in every ’55 true*. • DEALS in town I Hottest DEAU> Coll us or come KING BROS. MOTOR COMPANY HOTebeauSt. Phone 156 Waycross, Ga. If You’re Interested in an A-l Used Truck — Be Sure to See Your Ford Dealer progressive mayor H. M. Brooker Lions Club, Elks, Masons, Shrin ers, Eastern Star and Chamber of Commerce. He is also a member of the Methodist Church. Mayor Brooker joins with oth er city officials and the Black shear-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce in extending hospital ity to all visitors, tobacco grow ers and warehouse personnel as they visit Blackshear’s “Friendly Tobacco Market.” THE HALF-WAY MARK Georgia forests are producing at only one-half their capacity, according to Agricultural Exten sion Service foresters. Poor tim ber harvesting methods, growing stock volume continually being reduced, decreasing naval stores production, and some counties not under organized fire protection, are some of the problems, they point out. Peach, apple, pear, and pecan trees can be used as ornamental trees if adaptable varieties are planted. Kept in good condition they serve a two-fold purpose; fruit and ornamentals. So much beauty at so little cost! SUPER®^^ I the washable LATEX wall paint $ 5 59 Ga.. Doop colors $ 5 85 Gal. No thinning.. • stir and apply Colors to carry out every decorating scheme. Easy to apply, dries in an hour; it’s guaranteed washable. Gallon does the walls of an average room. J. w. BROOKER Drygoods, Hardware Building Material Nahunta, Georgia If you wish to keep ice cream for a short period of time in the ice cube compartment of a re frigerator, transfer it from pack age to tray and cover with wax ed paper. TOP CAPACITY 6^-ft. Pickup! Ford F-100, GVW 5,000 lbs. Famed Short Stroke 130-h.p. Power King V-8. Also available: 118-h.p. Six, with the shortest piston stroke of any leading truck six. NOW 1 TON MORE GVW—Ford F 600 “2-tonner” has GVW boosted to 18,000 lbs. when equipped with heavy duty rear axle, heavy duty springs, 6-stud wheels, and 140-h.p. Short Stroke V -8 engine. NOW 1 TON MORE GVW—Ford T-800 tandem now has 42,000 lbs. GVW. 170-h.p. Short Stroke V-8. 11,000-lb. front axle available. In creased capacities in almost all models from “2-ton” up! -FORD Ford Triple Economy Trucks When you are buying prunes, look for the small sizes. Agricul tural Extension nutritionists say these have smaller seed, and therefore provide more actual meat per pound. MCCULLOCH SUPER 33 • New Horsepower • New Wrap-around Handlebar WILSON’S GARAGE Nahunta, Georgia Phone 2-2721 LESTER’S AUTO SERVICE Brunswick, Ga. 2129 Norwich St. Brunswick, Ga Phone 9346